“Ice up to 1 1/2 inches thick has glazed much of the central Plains and Midwest this week. At least 27 deaths — mostly traffic accidents — have been blamed on the storm system since it developed last weekend….“About 468,000 homes and business still had no power Wednesday in Oklahoma, suffering its worst power outage on record.”

And most recently:

“A significant winter storm, heading from the lower Mississippi Valley into the Northeast, is or will be bringing heavy snow and sleet, freezing rain, heavy rain and possible flooding, thunderstorms and strong wind to much of the eastern half of the nation” weather.com - Storm watch